Antidepressants and Pregnancy: The Risks and Potential Harm to Normal Fetal Development
For the past several months, MIA Continuing Education has been working with a small online education company to remake our CME/CEU lectures into full-bodied courses. Our first such course is on the risks that antidepressant use in pregnancy pose to the developing fetus. We think it covers a subject of utmost importance to our society.
How Babies Learn ā And Why Robots Can’t Compete
In this piece forĀ The Guardian, Alex Beard comparesĀ robot learning to language acquisition and development in children. While robot learning is abstract and formulaic, learning...
DACA has āImmediate and Positiveā Impact on Lives of Immigrant Students, Study Finds
New research demonstrates the benefits and complexities for immigrants transitioning from undocumented to DACA status.
Why More American Teens Than Ever Suffer From Severe Anxiety
In this piece forĀ The New York Times, Benoit Denizet-Lewis explores the social, cultural, and economic factors that have contributed to the significant rise in...
Teaching Psychology Students to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
FromĀ The Conversation: An undergraduate course in behavioral psychology at Bangor University now includes a fully gamified module that immerses students in a zombie apocalypse...
Misconceptions About Brain Science Very Common, Study Finds
Researchers investigate commonly held misconceptions about brain research among Americans.
We Need to Broaden the Philosophical Landscape of Social Work
In this piece forĀ Community Care, Anjum Shah argues that social work academics need to pay more attention to the work of the philosopher Frantz...
Physical Activity Predicts Fewer Symptoms of Depression in Children
An article published in Pediatrics is the first to examine the relationship between physical activity and depression in middle childhood (years 6 to 10) longitudinally.
A Mental Health Crisis is the True Cost of University Marketization
FromĀ Red Pepper:Ā University students are facing unprecedented rates of mental health crises due to a combination of financial insecurity and ever-increasing academic pressure.
"Meanwhile, our futures...
The Conflicts That Result From Globalizing Euro-American Psychology in India
Researchers examine the transformation of work, life, and identity in India as a result of Western corporate and psychological culture.
Writing Women Into Psychology
FromĀ Psychology Today: A recent study examining a sample of widely used social psychology textbooks found that the contributions of women and people of color...
The Frantz Fanon’s Foundation 2nd Rencontres
From theĀ Blog of the APA: This past December, the Frantz Fanon Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary in the "2nd Rencontres" of the Foundation. The...
How UCLA is Fighting a Proxy Patent Battle in India
FromĀ The Wire: Xtandi, a life-prolonging cancer drug, currently does not have a patent in India, meaning that Indian cancer patients are able to access...
The Other Mrs. Smith Will Shock and Move You
FromĀ The Vancouver Sun: Bonnie Burstow's recently released bookĀ The Other Mrs. Smith is not only an accurate portrayal of the horrific consequences of ECT but...
PhD Students at Higher Risk of Developing a Psychiatric Disorder
FromĀ Business Insider: According to a new study, PhD students are almost twice as likely to develop symptoms of poor mental health asĀ the highly educated...
Doctors From Lower-Tier Medical Schools Prescribe More Opioids
FromĀ STAT: New research indicates that doctors who graduated from lower-tier medical schools prescribe about three times as many opioid painkillers per year as those...
Kick Big Pharma Out of the Classroom
School-based strategies such as the ātalk to your doctorā campaign about any childhood problem have been extremely effective in helping the pharmaceutical industry to marginalize traditional child-rearing practices and replace them with advice from mental health āexpertsā and the use of dangerous drugs. These campaigns are reminiscent of now-illegal vintage tobacco ads in which doctors endorsed cigarette smoking.
12 Ways to Help Kids Cope With School Anxiety
In this piece forĀ USA Today, Candy Grande offers 12 non-drug approaches for helping kids cope with school-related anxiety, such as having a discussion about...
The Touch of Madness
In this piece forĀ Pacific Standard, David Dobbs recounts the story of Nev Jones, a psychologist with lived experience who is working to change the...
Is the US Education System Producing a Society of Smart Fools?
FromĀ Scientific American: According to Cornell University psychologist Robert Sternberg, the U.S. education system is entirely focused on developing and rewarding students' analytic intelligence -...
Critical Thinking Skills are More Important Than IQ
FromĀ The British Psychological Society: A recent study found that critical thinking skills are a better predictor of one's ability to make wise, effective life...
Students With Mental Health Conditions Find Support at BU
FromĀ STAT: For the past three years, Boston University has offered one of the few programs in the nation dedicated to teaching students who have...
How Norms Change
FromĀ The New Yorker: The extent to which we act on our biases is largely dependent upon the social norms within our surrounding environments, which...
Inside an Online Charter School: Labeling Kids “Disabled” for Profit
Iād thought this teaching job would be my chance to make positive changes in childrenās lives. But most of the recommendations in students' IEPs were related not to reading, writing, and ārithmetic but to behavior control and obedience to adults. And the school seemed to be working very hard to prove that the kids were disabled and to get them certified as such.
